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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

Wasn't it a roadster? Do those even have AutoDrive?

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I would argue that particular car is not driving.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    Well technically the Earth is in space, and anyone who has been hit by a self-driving car was on Earth, so people already have been hit by self-driving cars in space.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Did those early Roadsters have self driving tech? I thought they were more barebones sports cars, not like the current gimmick-dumpsters.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Is that car in some kind of orbit, or did we just send it?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    That's actually pretty cool. That thing might be forgot about and then found again 10,000 years from now

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    It's already happened once. A couple years ago some astronomer spotted a small asteroid with a high albedo (it was very reflective, brighter than normal).

    Some Internet folks verified, and with a few more observations they were able to calculate its orbit. Turns out the orbit matched that of the Tesla shot into space. The high albedo would make sense as the Tesla is still connected to the falcon 9 upper stage, which is painted all white.

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